Non-refillable bottle.



No. 782,758. PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905. 0. J. PAULSON.

NON-REPILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED my 11, 1904.

Patented February 14, 1905 PATENT OFFIC CHARLES J. PAULSON, OF BROOKLYN,NEW YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION form g P Of Letters Patent 782,758, dated February 14,1905.

Application filed May 11,1904. Serial No. 207,358.

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Be it known that I, CHARLES J. PAULSON, a subject of the King of Swedenand Norway, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to bottles of a non-refillable type, and inits specific application is designed for use in connection with a plugseal or stopper adapted to be inserted into the mouth of an ordinarybottle and be cemented thereinto. 7

It is an object of the present invention to render the introduction offluid into the bottle impossible after the bottle has been once sealedand also to permit the fluid to escape from said bottle by pressure fromwithin the same.

It is a further object to provide for the removal of a portion of thesealing device, so that the stopper may be inserted into the mouth ofthe bottlefor the purpose of shipment.

An embodiment of the present invention is illustrated upon the sheet ofdrawings accompanying this specification, wherein Figure 1 illustratesan elevational view, partly in section, of a bottle with the sealingdevice applied, said sealing device being in section to show itsconstruction. Fig. 2 is an elevational view of a nozzle, and Fig. 3illustrates a sealing-cork.

Similar characters of reference indicate like parts throughout thefigures.

Within the neck 1 of an ordinary bottle 2 a plug or seal 3 is inserted,which is provided with an annular groove or offset 4:, which is designedto correspond or register with a groove 5 in the bottle-neck, so that bythe use of a suitable cement 6such, for instance, as plaster-of-paris orthe Iike the plug 3 may be suitably sealed within the neck of thebottle. For the purpose of preventing any of the fluid within the bottlefrom getting in between the wall of the plug 3 and the neck 1'of thebottle, so that it may reach and soften the cement 6, 1 preferablyprovide a reduced portion 7 on the bottom of the plug 3, \vhereon may beplaced a gasket 8, which fits tightly between the plug 3 and the wall ofthe neck, as shown, it being understood, of course, that this gasketwill be placed around the reduced portion before the plug is insertedinto the neck of the bottle and, as is obvious, will be prevented fromslipping upwardly by reason of the abutment formed by the shoulder 9around the plug. It will also be observed that for the purposes to behereinafter set forth the plug 3 is inserted sufficiently into the neckof the bottle as to leave a corking or scaling space 10 for thereception of a cork 11 when it is desired to ship the bottle. This plug3 is provided with two channels 12 and 13, respectively, the former ofwhich is designed for the introduction of air under pressure after thebottle has been filled and the plug 3 inserted. The channel 13 isintended as a discharge for the contents of the bottle.

The channel 12 is provided near its upper mouth with a valve 1 1,resting on a seat 15, and which valve in the present instance consistsof a ball normally held against said seat by a spring 16, as shown. Thisspring rests upon an internal shoulder 17 within the channel 12, whichshoulder is provided with a port 18, so that the air directed into saidchannel may pass on into the channel 12. Some distance below theshoulder 18 is another shoulder, 19, provided with a port 20, andbeneath this shoulder is a spring 21, which rests thereagainst and whosepressure is directed against a valve 22, upheld away from a valve-seat23 by a piece of readily-soluble material 2 1, which rests on anotherinternal shoulder, 25, within the channel 12, and at the end of thischannel is an additional valve 26, held normally against its seat 27 bya spring 28, surrounding a stem 29, which spring is held in place by aheadpiece 30. The channel 13 at its lower portion is provided with aseat 31, having a ball-valve 32, held in place under pressure by aspring 33, bearing up against a shoulder 34:, having a port 35. Near theupper end of said channel is another shoulder, 36, having a port 37 andupon which rests a spring 38, which presses a ball 39 against avalve-seat 10, suitably located, preferably at the mouth of the channel13. Screw-threaded into the mouth of this channel is a nozzle 41, havinga mouth 42, and this nozzle is provided with a key-stem 43, providedwith a plunger 44, normally upheld by a spring 45, and which plunger isprovided with another stem, 46, adapted to take against the valve-ball39.

After the bottle has been suitably filled with liquid the plug 3 isinserted into the neclt of the bottle, and, as before stated, the sameis sealed therein by pouring cement or plasterof-paris in the placetherefor provided,whereupon a suitable air-pump is connected with thescrew-tln'eaded nozzle 47 at the outer end of the channel 12. As soon asthe air-pressure is applied, ball 14, resting against the seat 15, willrecede from said seat, when the air will pass through the port 18, thechannel 12, the port 20, through the valve-seat 23, through the port125, and down against the valve-head 26. This valve 26 will then recedefrom its seat 27 and allow the pressure to pass into the bottle. Whenthis operation is completed, the pump is removed from the screwthreadedportion 47, said valve 26 will again close against seat 27 under saidpressure, and thus confine the pressure within the bottle. This pressurein turn will then lift the ball 32 away from its seat 31, so that thechannel 13 will then be open to the flow ol the fluid. A pressure uponthe stem 43 will cause the ball 39 to recede from its seat 38, when theliquid will come forth under pressure through said channel 13 and intothe channel 48 of the nozzle 41 in a manner similar to the ordinarysiphon-bottle.

If it should be attempted to introduce a liquid through the channel 12at the connection 47 in a manner similar to the introduction of the air,the channel 12 by virtue of its being closed by the valve 26 willcommence to fill up until it passes the soluble plug 24, which upholdsthe valve 22 from the seat 23. At this juncture, as is obvious, thesoluble material will readily dissolve and release the valve 22, whichwill then bear tightly against the seat 23 by means of a spring 21,whereupon no further fluid can pass that point, and, as is furtherobvious, the weight of the material between such point and the valve 26is not sufficiently heavy to cause said valve 26 to recede from its seat27, or, in other words, the pressure of the spring 28 is sufiicientlystrong to overcome the weight of the body contained in the channel 12between the valve 22 and the valve 26.

When it is desired to ship the bottle, the mouthpiece 41 may beunscrewed from its lodging at 49, when the plug or cork 11 may beinserted into the opening 10, and the bottle is then ready for shipment.

Having thus described this invention, I claim 1. A non-refillablebottlchavinga seal, said seal having a channel for the introduction of air anda channel through which the contents of the bottle may flow, each ofsaid channels being provided with spring-actuated valves operable underpressure, and one of said channels being provided with a spring-actuatedvalve held open by a soluble plug, and adapted to close when said plugis dissolved.

2. A non-refillable bottle having a seal, said seal having a channel forthe introduction of air-pressure and a channel through which thecontents of the bottle may flow, each of said channels being providedwith a series of spring-actuated valves operable under pressure, and asoluble plug so arranged as to hold one of said valves in open position,and which, when dissolved, will cause said valve to close.

3. A non-refillable bottle having a seal, said seal having a channel forthe introduction of air-rin'essure and a channel through which thecontents of the bottle may flow, each of said channels being providedwith spring-actuated valves operable under pressure, one of saidchannels being provided with a spring-actuated valve held in openposition by a soluble plug, and adapted to automatically close when saidplug is dissolved, and an emitting-nozzle for said seal.

4. A non-refillable bottle having a seal, said seal having a channel forthe introduction of air-pressure and a channel through which thecontents of the bottle may flow, each of said channels being providedwith springactuated valves operable under pressure, one of said channelsbeing provided with a spring-actuated valve held in open position by asoluble plug, and adapted to automatically close when said plug isdissolved, an emitting-nozzle for said seal, and said nozzle having aspring-actuated stem adapted to operate one of said Valves.

5. A non-refillable bottle having a seal, said seal having a channel forthe introduction of air-pressure and a channel through which thecontents of the bottle may flow, each of said channels being providedwith spring-actuated valves operable under pressure, one of saidchannels being provided with a spring-actuated valve held in openposition by a soluble plug, and adapted to automatically close when saidplug is dissolved, and a nozzle for said seal having a spring-actuatedstem.

6. A non-refillable bottle having in combination a seal adapted to fitin the neck of a bottle and having a displaced portion, a cementitiousmaterial disposed between said seal and the bottle-neck and in saiddisplaced portion, said seal having a channel for the introduction ofair-pressure and a channel through which the contents of the bottle mayflow, each of said channels being provided with spring-actuated valvesoperable under pressure, and one of said channels being provided with aspring-actuated valve held in open position by a soluble plug andadapted to automatically close when said plug is dissolved.

7. A non-refillable bottle having a seal, said IOU seal being fittedinto the neck of said bottle and provided with a groove, cement-itiousmaterial surrounding said seal and occupying said groove, said sealhaving a channel for the introduction of air-pressure and a channelthrough which the contents of the bottle may flow, each of said channelsbeing provided with a spring-actuated valve operable under pressure, oneof said channels being provided with a spring-actuated valve held inopen position by a soluble plug and adapted to be closed when said plugis dissolved, and anozzle for communicating with one of the channels ofthe seal.

8. A non-refillable bottle having a seal, said seal being fitted intothe neck of said bottle and provided with agroove, cementitious materialsurrounding said seal and occupying said groove, said seal having achannel for the introduction of air-pressure and a channel through whichthe contents of the bottle may flow, each of said channels beingprovided with a spring-actuated valve operable under pressure, one ofsaid channels being provided with a spring-actuated valve held in openposition bya soluble plug and adapted to be closed when said plug isdissolved, a nozzle for communicating with one of the channels of theseal and a spring-actuated stem within said nozzle for operating one ofthe valves.

9. A seal for non-refillable bottles comprising a seal provided with anannular groove and adapted to be sunk into the bottle-neck, having acorresponding groove and adapted to be held therein by cementitiousmaterial occupying said groove, said seal having an outward-flow channelprovided with a springactuated valve at its lower end, a spring-actuatedvalve at its upper end, said first-mentioned spring-actuatedvalve beingheld in open position by pressure from within the bottle, and saidsecond-mentioned valve being actuated by pressure from without thebottle, and a nozzle located above said last-mentioned valve.

10. A seal for non-refillable bottles comprising a plug provided with anannular groove and adapted to be sunk into the bottle-neck, having acorresponding groove and adapted to be held therein by cementitiousmaterial occupying said groove, an outward-flow channel in said memberprovided with a springactuated valve at its lower end, saidspringactuatedvalve being held in open position by pressure from withinthe bottle, and asecond valve actuated by pressure from without thebottle, and a nozzle located above said lastmentioned valve, also achannel for introducing air into the bottle, a normally closed valvelocated in said channel at its upper end, a normally closed valve at itslower end, an intermediate valve normally open, and a soluble plug formaintaining said valve open, said plug when dissolved permitting saidvalve to automatically close.

11. Aseal for non-refillable bottles comprising a plug provided with anannular groove and adapted to be sunk into the bottle-neck, having acorresponding groove and adapted to be held therein by cementitiousmaterial occupying said groove, an outward-flow channel in said memberprovided with a spring actuated valve at its lower end, saidspringactuated valve being held in open position by pressure from withinthe bottle, a second valve actuated by pressure from without the bottle,a nozzle having a springactuated stem and located above saidlast-mentioned valve, also a channel for introducing air into thebottle, a normally closed valvelocated in said channel at its upper end,a normally closed valve at its lower end, an intermediate valve normallyopen, a soluble plug for maintaining said valve open, said plug whendissolved permitting said valve to automatically close.

12. A seal for non-refillable bottles comprising a plug provided with anannular groove and adapted to be sunk into the bottle-neck, having acorresponding groove and adapted to be held therein by cementitiousmaterial occupying said groove, an outward-flow channel in said memberprovided with a spring-actuated valve at its lower end, saidspring-actuated valve being held in open position by pressure fromwithin the bottle, a second valve actuated by pressure from without thebottle, a nozzle located above said last-mentioned valve, also a channelfor introducing air into the bottle, a normally closed valve located ina said channel at its upper end, a normally closed valve at its lowerend, an intermediate valve normally open, and a soluble plug formaintaining said valve open, said plug when dissolved permitting saidvalve to automatically close. i

13. A seal for non-refillable bottles having two channels passingthrough the seal, each channel being provided with valves, means forautomatically closing all of said valves, and a soluble plug located inone of said channels and which holds one of said valves in an openposition and permits it to close when the plug is dissolved.

14. A seal for non-refillable bottles comprising a plug provided withtwo channels passing through its length, a spring-actuated valve at eachend of each channel, and a spring-actuated valve intermediately disposedin one channel, a soluble plug for holding said spring-actuated valveopen and adapted to permit the valve to close when the same isdissolved.

15. A seal for non-refillable bottles having two channels passingthrough the seal, each channel being provided with valves, means forautomatically closing all of said valves, a soluble plug located in oneof said channels and which holds one valve in open position and permitsit to close the same when the plug is dissolved, and a nozzle having aspring-actuated stem operating on one of said valves to permit the flowof the bottle contents.

16. A seal for non-refillable bottles comprising a plug provided withtwo channels passing through its length, a spring-actuated valve at eachend of each channel, a spring-actuated valve intermediatelv disposed inone channel, asoluble plug for holding said spring-actuated valve openand adapted to permit the valve to close when the same is dissolved, anda nozzle operating on one of said valves to permit the flow of thebottle contents.

17. Aseal for non-refillable bottles comprising a seal provided with twochannels, springpressed valves located in each of said channels, a lumpof soluble material holding one of said spring-pressed valves away fromits seat and adapted to permit said valve to return to its seat when theplug is dissolved, a nozzle provided with a spring-actuated stem securedto one end of one channel and adapted to operate one valve, one of saidvalves being adapted to open from its seat when air-pressure is withinthe bottle so as to admit the contents of the bottle into the outflowingchannel, the other valve in said channel being adapted to operate at theinstant of pressure from the spring-actuated stem of the nozzle, andmeans for cementing said plug within said bottle.

18. A seal fornon-refillahle bottles comprising a seal having a channelfor the introduction of air-pressure, valves within said chan nel andadapted to he opened at the instant of pressure, an additional valve insaid channel held in open position by soluble material, which, whendissolved, will cause said valve to close, and also another channel forpermitting the flow of the bottle contents, springactuated valves insaid channel, one of which is held open by the pressure from within thebottle, and the other of which is actuated from without the bottle, anozzle communicating with said channel, a spring-actuated-stem with insaid nozzle and adapted to press on said last-mentioned valve.

Signed at Nos. 9 to 15 Murray street, New York, N. Y., this 6th day ofMay, 1904.

CHARLES J. PAULSON.

lVitnesses:

FRED. J-. DOLE, JoIIN 0. Summer.

